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In returning thanks to you for my miracu-
lous cure Of erzema or salt rheum, deem u ad-
visabie 10 give you detailed sccount OF my
case, and as there Is, anu always WIN 70 n,y,,
nv consent TO publish this testimonial, and all
inquiries, by letter or In person, viii eheeriul-
ly answer. l do this that people who go ON
year after year paying out large sums OF mon
CIV 10 incompetent physicians and receive no
cure, or even relief, or end in hlling prema
ture grave, ms was nearly my case, may DC IN
duced to make trial of the wonderful CurloukA
REMEDIES.
Al tic age Of three months a rash made its
appearance on my face. A physician was call
cd, he said teething was the cause, he pretcrib,
ed some cooling medicine, but the sores sprelnu
to my ears and head. Another NJ ID. was CALI
Cd He prnfessed To know all about the case
called IL "King's Evil,n and prescribed gun
powder, brlmstone and lard mixed into save
but the disease continued. Ihey coula a he. uo
ANYTHING withit Another prescribed 1orax
water and -four: another, linseed ponltices.
None OF them did me any good at all, but MADE
me worse. The disease continued unAbateui "
entirely, and from continual sitting on the
floor on pillow my limbs contracted 90 tnAt
lost all control of them, and was utterly help,,
less, my mother would have TO liit me OUT anu
info bed could get around the house on my
hands and feet, but could not get my. clothes
ON at all, and had TO wear sort OF dressing
gown. My hair had all matted down or fallen
on, and my head, face, and ears were one tcab
and had to have a towel on my head all the
time in the summer to keep the dies on MY
parents consulted n prominent physician ana
surgeon here In Chicago The other phlsiclan7
before mentioned were OF Dundas anu hhmil-
ton, Canada, he said he could no nothing for
me, that the chances were that would grow
ont Of il, or that 10 would strike inwardly and
Nil me in time lie wanted 10 cut the sinews
of my legs so that could walk, but would
not let him. Tor II ! did get better would have
no control Of them.
The disease continued in this manner until
WAS seventeen years old, and one day in Janu-
AIRY. 1879, In the Chicago Tribune, read an hc-
count Of your medicines. They described my
case so cxsctly that / thought, as last resort
TO give them trial. -,
When fret applied the CrTIcuRA, was all
raw aud bleeding from scratching myself nut
when applied il | went asleep almost imme-
diately, something had not done for years,
the effect was 80 soothing.
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water fowl, iguanns, and other vcrmn
Now, as 10 was evident that We could not pro-
coed up the river 1t became equally evident
that we must either try the canal, or else re-
turn to tho sea. We could not stop where
we were, TO Inc baked by the sun ana eaten up
by the mosquitoes, TIL we died OF rover III
that dreary marsh.
swell, l suppose that We must NY ~
said; and tho others nssented IN their various
wnys-Leo, as though ii were the best joke ~
the world; Job, in respectful disgust, ana
Mahomed, with an invocation to the PROPHET
and u comprehensive curse upon all unoo-
levers and their ways Of thought and travel
Accordingly, as soon as the sun got low,
having little or nothing more to hope Tor
from our friendly wind, we started. For the
first hour Or so we managed to row the boat,
though with great labor but after that the
weeds got too thick TO allow OF 1t, and We
were obliged to.rcsort to the primitive and
most exhausting resources OF towing her' For
two hours we labored, Mahomed, JOB ana
myself, who was supposed to be strong enough
to pull against the two OF them on tho BANK,
while Leo sat In the bow OF the boat and
brushed away the weeds which collected
round the cut water with Mahomeds sword.
AT dark We halted till midnight TO rest ana
enjoy the mosquitoes, but when the moon got
up we went on again, taking advantage OF
the comparative cool of the night. AT dawn
we halted for three hours, and then started
once more, and labored on till about ~
o'clock, when thunder storm, accompanied
by dclugo Of rain, overlook us, and we
spent the next six hours practically under
water.
do not know that there is any necessity
for me to describe the next four days of our
voyage in detail, further than to say that
they were, on the whole the most miserable
that ever spent in my life, forming one
monotonous record OF heavy labor, neat
misery and mosquitoes All the way we
passed through region Oh almost endless
swamp. and i can only attribute our escape
from fever and death 10 tho constant doses OF
quinine and purgatiyes which we took ana
the unceasll'g .oh when We were ioieeu "
undergo on tne tnird day OF our JouIhey
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-05-13
A Siren VOICE.
There is a magic voice that swells,

There is magic voice that swells,
Harmonious with 1Golian strains
We hear it in the wooded dells,
And us ii floats along the plains,
1t is SIRENS voice that woos
But to destroy ere reason sways,
The tempted other paths to choose,
And wisely mend their dubious
ways,
Consumption with its chilly hand,
Rs hectic ilush-deceptive sign
Strikes down its victims DER the land,
Who, helpless, early lives resign,
To save the people from this dread,
And bring them back their wasted
health,
Gooch's Mexican Syrup, be it said,
l. ever worth mine in wealth.
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The nrst morning after using II my lesh Il
had no skin only on the end OF my nose was
pink color. Next day II was Kind OF white, and
could place my hands on the sores without IL
being PAINFUL. In about two weeks could
stand straight, but not walk, was 30 weak,
but my sores were nearly well. Then ! COM
menced the usa OF the CuTICuRA RKs0LvKNT,
and In three days was worse than ever. l
as one mass OF pimples from the top OF my
head 20 the sOles OF my feet; 10 say they were
painful would not do Justice 10 the caae. In
from two 10 four days they burst and left n
small scale, which dropped on and left the spot
pure and the skin white, and ~ near as can
Judge was cured in about six to eight weeks.
and up TO this date q. iron. January. 1879, 10
january 1881 have not been sick In any way
or have had the least signs OF the disease reap
nearing on me, 1 have an excellent appetite,
have tie ysTy ssst Q. health. Ny ltaiha are
posed 10 all sorts OF weather without thr least
signs Of the disease vet. The only difference
lind In mysrlf Is that my akin is inner, softer,
and not 80 liable to get chapped aa lis other per
sons.
No doubt many persons will not believe this
almost improbable story. many viii think u
grossly exaggerated. don't blame them bit
II they do, but to satisfy themselves they can
call or write TO me and lind out IL what have
written above Is true or not. There arr many
persons who can testify 10 the wonderful cure
have received by your CuflcuRA REMEDIES.
Gentlemen; let me again thank you for my
cure, W.J. hoDONALD.
s5aa Dearborn ST.,
CHICAGO, III Jan. 30, 1881.
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CMNSUMPTTON,

which Is scrofuIa of tho Lungs, is ar
rested and cured by this remedy, il taken be-
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fatal disease, when first Offering this now
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anti-bilioils. pectoNl, and nutritivo proper
tias IL uncuualcd, not only as remedy for
consumption, but for all Chronic Dis
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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-27
Mixed Metaphor.
Savannah Times

RIdlcule. says a German critic, Is like
blow with the fist; wit, like the prick
of needle; irony, like the sting of a
thorn; and humor, the plaster which
heals all these wounds All of these
qualities may be found in some meta
phors. Man is SAID to- be an animal that
has a mania for getting up societies and
making himself president. If the presi-
dency has been already claimed he
contents himself with the position
of treasurer. In cynical old
bachelors opinion ideas are like
beards-men Only get them when
they are grown up, and women never
have any. 1t was probably another old
bachelor who said: Mature shudders
when she sees woman throw a stone;
but when a woman attempts to- split
wood, nature covers her head and retires
to dark and moldering cave in tempo
rary despair" A spinster says old
bachelors are frozen out old gardeners in
the flower bed of love. To say that a
coquette is a rosebush from which every
young beau plucks "a leaf and the thOrns
are left for the husband, is not very
complimentary. Compliments are the
coin that people pay man to his face;
sarcasm, what they pay him out with
behind his back.
A farmer said: cone thing don't like
about city folks-they be either So stuck
up that Yer cant reach 'em with a hay
stack pole, or SO blamed friendly that
they forget to pay their board" a rural
poet said of his lady love: ''She is grace
full rs a water lily while her breath is like
an armful of clover An American poet
wrote n eulogy of Washington, whose
life should compose "a volume as Alps
immortal. spotless As its SHOWS. The
stars should be its types, its press the
age, the earth its binding, and the sky
its page. Truly some American poets
go in for marvels of metaphor. The
Chinese call OVERRIDING thing
hunchback making n bow.
When a man values himself oven much
they compare him to "a rat falling into a
scale and weighing itself. A fanatical
Sabbatarian writes: The Sunday news
paper is a craytish in the bikes of mis-
rule, craytish that undermines banks.
behind which the race courses, the thea
tiers, the saloons, the gambling dens, etc.
are roaring for exit" Another news
papers described fire by saying that
the red flames danced in the heav-
sand flung their fiery arms about ike a
black funeral pail, until SaLI Jones got ON
the roof and doused them out with a pail
of water. Gordon Cum ming likened an
African Jungle To "A forest of fishhOoks
relieved by an occasional patch of pen
knives. You look" said an Irishman
to "A pale, haggard smoker, las if you
had got out of your grave to light Your
cigar and couldn't find your way back
again n schoolmaster, describing a
money-lender says: ''He serves you in
the present tense. he lends YOU in the
conditional mood, keeps you in the sub
junctive, and ruins you in the future"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-27
The Recent Train Robbery.

The con lecture that the persons en-
gagged in the latest Texas train robbery
were new To their work-gentlemen am
ateurs. 80 to speak, not professionals
likely To he correct. Experienced train
robbers do not band themselves together
10y the dozen when they have "A Job on
hand. Why should they: In train rob
bling the sociable dictum. 1.-The more the
merrier. has noapplication. The greater
the number of partners engaged in the
speculation. the less must Ice the profit
of each; while the chances-remote. in
deed-of ultimate discovery. and capture
are increased i'll proportion To the num-
ber of participants.
At first sight it might appear that the
success of the venture would he more
fully assured by bringing "A strong force
to bear at the important point. But eN-
perience has demonstrated that "A strong
force is not necessary. One, two or three
men-two, for choIce-are the proper
number for train-robbing. For more
than three men to undertake such
safe and simple enterprise is dis
tinctly unprofessional, for it involves IA
display of numbers altogether need
less, and it is financially eXtravagant.
Those who have studied train robing.
and have come To regard it one of the
exact sciences. must have read with dis
gust that the robbers. after making their
first mistake in being unnecessarily
numerous. committed the still more Sc
rous blunder of neglecting To apply their
enormous forces to proper advantage.
One or two men might well have
been detailed to each of the passenger
cars, and entering simultaneously,
could lave speedily relieved the pas
sengers of their money and valua-
bles, thus considerably augmenting
the somewhat meagre booty they OBJ
tanned. Instead of adopting this simple
and. indeed, obvious plan. the main
body of the knights of the road. while
two or three of their number were en-
gagged in rifiing the express car and beat
ing the messenger on the head, kept up
an aimless and most unprofessional fusl-
lade ON both sides of the track, thus eX-
pending "A quantity of ammunition to
little purpose, and creating an amount
of noise which Is To be deprecated in
such cases.
Everything considered, we cannot
congratulate these young Texas gentle
men on their method of train robbing
They We're successful, it is true, they
could not help that, but they were less
successful than they ought to- have
been. If a thing is worth doing at all, it
is worth doing well. As rule.
there is one right way and sew
eral wrong ways of doing any
thing. Even such a simple matter as
train robbing should be- carefully consid-
cred by those who undertake it: and So
slight was the evidence of aptitude and
skill given by the robbers ON this occa-
sion, that the report of the capture of
some of them may actually prove to be
true. What. indeed. can be expected of
men who gather a dozen strong to rob IA
train, ami then only half do the work.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-27
THE WATER WORKS.


Severely Criticised by Our Citizens for
short Water supply.
The burning of the houses of Milton
Cooper and Ackie Lee on Wednesday
night. when the pressure of water from
the Water Works pipes was so weak that
stream could hardly be thrown more
than fifteen feet high, has caused great
amount of harsh criticism on the part of
our citizens. They claim that if the fire
had originated in the business part of the
city the destruction would have been
complete, for we depend almost alto
gether on the Water Works for protec-
ton from fire.
We learn from the most reliable source,
that the tank, or reservoir, on the night
in question, contained comparatiEe ly
little water, fact clearly demonstrated
by the low pressure ON the hose at the
time. We further learn that the engin-
eer Of the water works lives in town,
and when the alarm was given he had
to go to the Heights, wake up a man
who had the key and then go to the
works to raise steam, before the pumps
could furnish any pressure of water
whatever.
Such state of things, should fire
break out near the business part of the
town, would be pretty ''how-de-do.
and property owners and tax payers
would have to stand idly by and watch
the destruction of their property, with
no means at hand to save it. The city pays
a rental of $50 per year for each hydrant,
of course with the understanding that
there shall always be plentiful supply
of water for fire purposes, but on the
first occasion we have to use the water
we find it will not force a stream to the
top of house only two blocks from the
hydrant.
This is written in no spirit of fault-find-
ing. but if the city pays for water ser
vice we want water when it Is needed,
and not have it come rushing down the
pipes some fine morning when half the
town may be lying in ruins. The COM
pany should at least keep the reservoir
full of water, or an engineer and steam at
the works. Unless it does we are COM
pletely at the mercy of the fire fiend. and
that is not what we are paying for.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-27
Strange South Carolina Bird.

One day last week while Mr. F. b.
Phelps was going through the swamp at
Mulberry. large bird flew out of a tree
overhead. He Immediately threw up
his gun and fired at it. breaking one
wing. Upon going up to it he saw that
it was new bird To him, and one of the
most savage creatures he ever saw
among the bird family. He thinks it
belongs to the owl family As its head il
large, with tremendous black eyes that
almost snap fire as it looks at any one.
His claws are also very large. but have
no hair or feathers on them like the oroli-
nary owl His face looked like a mon
keys with white cheeks and black
streak over each eye. The rest of his
head is inclined to gray with black dots
near the end of each feather. The body
was covered with beautiful plumage,
unlike any other bird he ever knew
Whenever he went near it it would give
a most unearthly yell, that even fright
ened the dogs. Ii whipped out every
dog on the place. He searched through
Audubon's works. but failed to- find any
bird like it, and he is ut loss To know
what it is.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-27
Social Dance.

The social dance given "Wednesday
evening at Capt. Lucas Hall, by some of
the leading young men of Palatka, was
one of the social events of the season.
There was large attendance and all
were in the height of pleasure when the
alarm of fire was given-whIch caused
quite an abrupt pause IN the dance for
some little time and quite a number left
the hall. Suddenly the music struck up,
andas it was waited along on the gentle
zephyrs to the ears of the frightened
dancers the effect was magnetic, for they
all came back and were soon participants
in the giddy whirl.
The ladies We're dressed with exquisite
taste and Cupid's arrows dealt
many a death blow to the suscep-
tible hearts of the young men.